Posts by kboyer

There's also about a two pound difference between the two machines to consider. I also commute with a laptop via motorcycle. Are you carrying it in a backpack, or on a rack or in side cases. That extra two pounds takes its toll in a...

Quote: Originally Posted by State.Ops mine came today When did you place your order? How are your first impressions?

Looks like a good deal to me!

By the way, that comes out to $1,459 if you take out Office (which I had to buy but didn't want to buy). This is what my desktop machine cost me 18 months ago and it isn't nearly as powerful. Amazing!

Hemmed and hawed about a solid-state hard drive and decided that would be a requirement on my next machine. $800 for 64GB is a tough nut to swallow. Dell will offer it on the 1530 but you have to ask via the phone. So here's the spec...

I've read on another forum that the XPS m1530 runs COD4 just fine with everything turned up except antialiasing and antriscopic.filtering. Expect about 40~ fps.

Thanks for the heads-up. The machine will ship with Vista Business but I can revert it to XP if need be.

Quote: Originally Posted by eclypse3demons If you can get it with XP instead of Vista I would try, you will not be happy with the gaming performance with the Vista drivers or OS. I installed Vista on my Vostro, then...

Thanks, guys! Sounds like it's best to just stuff 3GB in there and be done with it. I'll check newegg.com for memory pricing. The upgrade cost from 1 to 3 GB on dell.com is $250.

Sounds like a reasonable ending for all parties. Glad it worked out for you.